Sheriff: Vidor manhunt ends in arrest after shots fired at neighbor

A three-hour search ended with an Orange County man in handcuffs after police responded to a call of a shooting in Vidor Tuesday.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to Elliot Street just after 12 p.m. after a woman told police her neighbor, Rodney Bailey, fired a gun in her direction, according to a news release from the sheriff;s office.

Before deputies arrived, Bailey alledgedly fled into nearby wood, but officers were able to call his phone. Bailey told police he had an active felony warrant for a motion to revoke probation stemming from a Class A assault, according to the release.